The Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism [Book]
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism presents an introduction to the neural bases and cognitive processes of the bilingual brain. It covers foundational knowledge required for study in the area of bilingualism, including prominent theories and research methodologies, and the state of research in relevant fields of psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. Major topics include bilingual development and brain plasticity; aphasia and the bilingual brain; cross-linguistic effects of bilingualism; bilingual lexical and conceptual memory; and cognitive and neurocognitive effects of bilingualism. This book represents the first of its kind to bring together the various psychological and theoretical issues of bilingualism with respect to language processing and representation
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It's important to remember that the LAD is a hypothetical tool, and there is no physical language device in our brains! - Language Acquisition Device characteristics: So how exactly does the LAD work? Chomsky's theory proposed that the Language Acquisition Device is a biologically based hypothetical mechanism, which helps children decode and implement the general principles of universal grammar. #linguistics #translation #bilingual #polyglot #translator